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Kevin Wicks

Kevin Wicks founded BBCAmerica.com's Anglophenia blog back in 2005 and has been translating British culture for an American audience ever since. While not British himself - he was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri - he once received inordinate hospitality in London for sharing the name of a dead but beloved EastEnders character. His Anglophilia stems from a high school love of Morrissey, whom he calls his "gateway drug" into British culture.

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WATCH: Wowsers in Me Trousers! How Baseball Would Sound If Brits Were Commentators

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 17th, 2013

Nice PJs: Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester. (Photo: Bill Kostroun/AP)

British Internet comedian Anthony Richardson subjects America’s pastime to a thorough British skewering in this clip that went viral over the weekend, providing wry commentary to a Red Sox-Yankees game as if it were simply a ...

David Tennant Wins Emmy for ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 15th, 2013

Here’s a nice early morning surprise for those of us burning the midnight oil: David Tennant is an Emmy winner now, people.

‘Orphan Black’ Star Tatiana Maslany Wins Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 11th, 2013

Tatiana Maslany accepting her Critics Choice award on June 10.

Tatiana Maslany does a lot of heavy lifting playing a gazillion roles (including a Brit) on BBC AMERICA’s clone thriller Orphan Black. Picking up her first Critics Choice trophy must have felt like a breeze, but you couldn’t ...

Alice Russell: British Soul Vet Shows Ingenues How to Be Contemporary

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 10th, 2013

There are few singers of any background that belt with the blazing authority of Alice Russell, a thirtysomething, Suffolk, England-born artist who, after years of plying her trade, is just now achieving critical mass in the U.S.

Charli XCX on Pitchfork, the Ubiquity of ‘I Love It,’ and the Best Moment in ‘Clueless’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 6th, 2013

Charl XCX (Photo: Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Levi's/AP Images)

In a very short period of time, 20-year-old Brit Charli XCX has become a proper pop star and a sought-after songwriter-for-hire here in the U.S.

John Oliver on Hosting ‘Daily Show’: ‘It’s an American Institution, I Have to Try Not to Destroy It’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 5th, 2013

John Oliver on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' (Photo: CBS/YouTube)

British Daily Show correspondent John Oliver is just a wee bit nervous about temporarily taking over the show’s hosting duties from the esteemed Jon Stewart, who’s off directing his first movie this summer. Hey, what’s ...

First Photo: Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter in BBC AMERICA’s ‘Burton and Taylor’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 4th, 2013

Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

BBC AMERICA has just released the very first image of Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter transformed into Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor for the channel’s drama co-production, Burton and Taylor, which is set for a fall ...

Tom Hardy is an Ace Guy, Grants Wish for Cancer-Stricken Young Mother

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 29th, 2013

Tom Hardy at lunch with Kayleigh Duff, a 23-year-old cancer patient who revealed her wish to meet the 'Inception' star. (Photo: Facebook)

In a news cycle that has seen former child stars flinging bongs out of thirty-story windows and barreling through residential neighborhoods at 100 mph, here’s a beautiful example of celebrity kindness: when 23-year-old Kayleigh ...

David Tennant’s ‘Richard II’ to Stream Live in Cinemas Worldwide

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 29th, 2013

David Tennant with Richard II portrait in background. (RSC)

If you weren’t able to snap up tickets to see David Tennant play Richard II in the upcoming sold-out Royal Shakespeare Company production, you may not need to self-flagellate too much: on November 13, the RSC will stream the play ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Jemma Redgrave Previews 50th Anniversary Special

By Rachel Marie Paquin and Kevin Wicks | Posted on May 28th, 2013

Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart in 'Doctor Who' (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

• Jemma Redgrave appeared as The Brigadier’s daughter Kate Stewart in the Season 7 episode “The Power of Three,” and she’s already filmed her part in the series’ 50th anniversary special in November. She ...